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by sumthinprofound 3y ago
This has been common in the US for at least a decade now.
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by sumthinprofound 3y ago
All of my grocery shopping is done on my supermarkets website and sorting by unit price brings up the price per pound or ounce or whatever that products unit of measure is. For paper towels it returns $ per square foot, so even if the prod
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by sumthinprofound 3y ago
we name devices based on the inventory asset tag we affix as a prefix + the acronym of the department the device is assigned to as the suffix. clean and consistent across thousands of devices.
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by sumthinprofound 3y ago
This happened back in 2019 with a restaurant I have a stake in. We did not enter into an agreement with Door Dash. Door Dash would call and place a pick-up order. The driver would come in and attempt to pay for the order with a debit card
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by sumthinprofound 3y ago
My father (85) similar scenario falling for scam emails and phone calls. Walked in on him installing rdp software as the "Microsoft support tech" instructed him to do when he called the number in the email that told him he had a
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by sumthinprofound 3y ago
https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/condom.pag... >>Free products are distributed at local businesses, community-based organizations and health care facilities. The Health Department&
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Amazon hamstrings free app that makes Fire TV remotes reprogrammable(arstechnica.com)
6 points by sumthinprofound 4y ago|1 comments
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
this has been my experience as well.
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
> some apps didn't even need to be installed on an iOS device; instead they could exfiltrate data from the iCloud account linked to the device. But to get such information as social media logs, the app buyer would need to "jail
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US stalkerware developer fined $410k, ordered to modify apps to reveal spying(theregister.com)
7 points by sumthinprofound 4y ago|2 comments
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
https://militaryembedded.com/avionics/computers/optimizing-r...
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Smart ovens do dumb stuff to check for Wi-Fi(theregister.com)
3 points by sumthinprofound 4y ago|2 comments
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NASA overspent $15M on Oracle software bc it was afraid an audit could cost more(theregister.com)
44 points by sumthinprofound 4y ago|11 comments
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
> ESTIMATED READING TIME: 55 Minutes; 14268 words
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
I've always set custom icons using a consistent theme in my android phone's app launcher for years.
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
Grubhub does this as well, so all of their notifications are disabled by me.
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
I read a story about Brave's (the browser company) use of EDDM here on HN today: https://brave.com/usps-mailers/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31622128
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
Years ago I completed the permanent opt-out for everyone in my household (needing to mail in a paper form is shameful). However, very few unsolicited junk mails since. For any that get through I call that company's support line and re
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
In high school teachers would take me to their house on my lunch break to fix their home computer then buy me a steak and cheese on the way back to school. Definitely some red flags there.
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
>> Notably, the bill doesn't pertain to medical devices, home appliances, agricultural and off-road equipment, or public safety communications equipment. However, right-to-repair advocates have their eye on those areas as well. T
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New York state passes right to repair bill(arstechnica.com)
11 points by sumthinprofound 4y ago|1 comments
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
I would not have known better to even consider this. Useful to know!
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
I once found a 2 hour introductory flight lesson on groupon that I gifted as a birthday present. They had a great experience.
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Fed Report Shows Who's Using Crypto and How(reason.com)
4 points by sumthinprofound 4y ago|0 comments
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
Neuromancer vibes. I like it.
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
I would subscribe via RSS if a feed was available.
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
2019
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
I recall alot of advertisements in computer magazines from the late 80s featuring bikini girls and sexual innuendo.
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
Agreed. I was considering attendance, but completion would be a much different (and meaningful) metric.
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by sumthinprofound 4y ago
from the article > Walmart last year dropped the dollar-per-day fee employees paid to participate in the company’s subsidized university degree program, a move that boosted participation by 44% Apparently it had a significant difference.

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